Senior HR Business Partner

Tencent is seeking a Senior HR Business Partner to support IEGG business lines in HQ, providing localized HR support and aligning with global strategies. The role involves acting as a trusted advisor on human capital matters, collaborating with business leaders, building partnerships with HR teams, and leading cross-functional HR projects. Candidates should have over 10 years of HRBP experience, strong stakeholder management, business acumen, and experience in the gaming industry, particularly with overseas expansion.

Must Have

• Act as HRBP to IEGG business lines in HQ, providing localized support.
• Provide insights on business decisions from a human capital perspective.
• Collaborate closely with business leaders on people matters.
• Build strong partnerships with HR teams (local and global investment companies).
• Identify opportunities for resource sharing and ensure compliance in workforce decisions.
• Lead and manage cross-functional HR projects.
• Over 10 years of experience as a HR Business Partner.
• Demonstrate strong stakeholder management skills and business acumen.
• Possess exposure across the gaming industry, ideally with experience supporting overseas businesses.
• Experience dealing with Performance Management, Rewards, Talent retention, Talent Management, and Employee Relations.
• Positive, can-do attitude, able to navigate highly matrixed and ambiguous environments.
• Strong people skillsets, culturally sensitive, and adaptable to different people styles.
• Strong learning agility.

Good to Have

• Bilingual abilities (English/Chinese).

What the Role Entails

Responsibilities

• Act as HRBP to the IEGG business lines in HQ, providing localized support and ensuring alignment with global HR strategies.
• Being a trusted advisor to provide insights on business decisions from a human capital perspective which includes but not limited to talent management, performance management, workforce strategy, employee engagement & retention.
• Collaborate closely with the business leaders on people matters which may have short-, medium- or long-term effects on the business
• Build strong partnerships with HR teams with both local and global investment companies and develop deep understanding of organizational dynamics in each entity
• Identify opportunities for resource sharing and ensuring compliance in workforce decisions
• Driving and helping to connect the dots between global/local decisions in contrast with HQ decisions, to mediate and align expectations across all parties
• Lead and manage cross-functional HR projects and collaborate with other BPs to promote strategic alignment and project execution.

Challenges

• Ability to operate in ambiguous and grey-zone scopes — defining and creating value where frameworks don’t yet exist.
• Requires self-direction and initiative to build new relationships, identify gaps, and drive change.
• Must be comfortable navigating cross-cultural stakeholder management and regional diversity.

Who We Look For

Qualifications

• Above 10 years of experience as a HR Business Partner, demonstrating strong stakeholder management skills and business acumen
• Possess exposure across the gaming industry, ideally with experience supporting overseas businesses in their expansion
• Possess experience dealing with Performance Management, Rewards, Talent retention, Talent Management and Employee Relations
• Someone who is positive, possess a can-do attitude and can navigate in highly matrixed and ambiguous environments
• Strong people skillsets and able to build relationships across all levels of staff, be culturally sensitive and adaptable to different people styles
• Strong learning agility, with good ability to bounce back and quickly learn from past experiences, improve, and adapt
• Bilingual abilities (English/Chinese) will be considered a competitive edge as it will be required to deal with employees locally